Lying right to your face (6x6 Rellik sudoku)
(Published on 31. January 2024, 22:48 by sujoyku)
- Normal irregular 6x6 Sudoku rules apply, i.e. each row, column and region has to contain the digits from 1 to 6.
- Rellik Cages: All cages are Rellik Cages. Any combination of one or more digits within a Rellik Cage CANNOT sum to the value in the top left.
Example: A Rellik Cage with given value 6 may not contain (1,2,3), (1,5), (2,4) or a 6.
Here you can solve the puzzle online:
Solution code: Row 3 from left to right (6 digits in total)
Comments
on 10. September 2024, 20:22 by sujoyku
changed CTC link to include solution code (big thanks to garycblack for providing that link!), no changes to the content of the puzzle
on 10. September 2024, 17:36 by garycblack
SudokuPad solution link:
https://sudokupad.app/aact2hhzgh
Thanks for your thought provoking puzzles!
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Thank you for your comment, garycblack! Nice to hear that you liked how the puzzle made you think. Also thanks for providing the link with solution check!
Kind regards, sujoyku
on 22. July 2024, 23:35 by harpix
Fantastic new killer-variant! Took me a few minutes to wrap my head around the solving methods involved, after that it was pretty straight forward. Thanks a lot!
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You are much welcome, harpix, thank you for your comment! I am glad that you enjoyed this variant.
Kind regards, sujoyku
on 29. March 2024, 00:46 by SamuPiano
After I set a puzzle with a similar constraint, gdc informed me of the existence of this puzzle and this constraint! This was great fun, thank you sujoyku and gdc!
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Thank you for the comment, SamuPiano! I am glad that you enjoyed the puzzle and thought in the same direction in your own setting. Just to make sure: Are you referring to the puzzle "Pacify"? I have seen, but not yet solved that one.
Kind regards, sujoyku
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Yes, that's the one! The constraint I used allows repeats, but otherwise it is the same concept.
-SamuPiano
on 28. March 2024, 23:18 by Lenivaya_Joppa
Interesting concept of puzzle, thank you for this creative sort of puzzle, dear sujoyku! :)
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Thank you for your comment, Lenivaya_Joppa! I am glad that you liked the concept of the puzzle.
Kind regards, sujoyku
on 4. March 2024, 23:56 by suessersenf
fun puzzle, if with an unfortunate visual effect... hopefully not on purpose
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Thank you for your comment, suessersenf! I am glad that you had a fun solve. Concerning the layout issue: As I have replied to other comments below, I try to be more careful about the visual appearance with my upcoming puzzles.
Kind regards, sujoyku
on 27. February 2024, 07:31 by PhoenixAki
took way too long for me due to missing a very obvious column deduction I somehow didn't spot and had to have a solution video point out for me...100% smooth sailing otherwise, really enjoyed it!
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Thank you for your comment, PhoenixAki! I am glad that you enjoyed the solve.
Kind regards, sujoyku
on 17. February 2024, 22:02 by dumediat
Wow, I absolutely love this idea! Excellent execution for an introductory puzzle as well. Thank you very much!
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Thank you for the kind words, dumediat! I am glad that you enjoyed this introductory puzzle. If you like to try some harder puzzles of this variant, I have also uploaded an 7x7 and an 8x8 puzzle with the Rellik rule set.
Kind regards, sujoyku
on 15. February 2024, 19:56 by deadpanditto
Very clever.
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Thank you for your comment, deadpanditto! I am glad that you liked the puzzle.
Kind regards, sujoyku
on 12. February 2024, 14:33 by sujoyku
added "6x6 Rellik sudoku" to the title due to a recommendation of CHalb, no changes to the contents of the puzzle
on 12. February 2024, 14:28 by CHalb
Vorschlag: Ergänze "Rellik Sudoku" im Titel. Ich hatte Schwierigkeiten, dieses Rätsel zu finden, trotz des "Lying" im Titel.
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Vielen Dank für den Hinweis, CHalb! Ich habe den Titel nun abgeändert. Da es das erste Rätsel mit der Rellik-Regel war, hatte ich es ursprünglich nicht in den Titel gesetzt, weil sich darunter niemand etwas hätte vorstellen können. Nochmals vielen Dank für deine Aufmerksamkeit!
Viele Grüße, sujoyku
on 4. February 2024, 00:14 by goodcity
I had to try the first Rellik puzzle after testing a WIP using this variant ;). Wonderful idea, I am impressed by the number of variant of variant that are still created. Thank you for setting and sharing :).
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Thank you for your kind comment, goodcity! I am glad that you liked the variant.
Can you tell me what WIP stands for?
Kind regards, sujoyku
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WIP stands for Work In Progress, so a puzzle in testing with this variant but not released yet !
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Ah, thank you for the clarification. I know what work in progress means, but did not recognize the abbreviation. Is the mentioned puzzle by Flinty?
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It might be ;)
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I only asked to know if you like some assistance. If so, I would gladly test some of his (your? ^^) ideas. I wish you good luck setting!
on 3. February 2024, 17:14 by AdiBoneHead
I very much enjoyed this. It was great iterating back and forth as the cages forced their number-bond counterpart into the other cage/part of the region.
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Thank you for your comment, AdiBoneHead! I am glad that you enjoyed the logic of the puzzle.
Kind regards, sujoyku
on 2. February 2024, 05:59 by Ryx
Took a minute to wrap (or unwrap) my head around the new rule, but once I did, it was a treat. Thanks for setting!
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You are very much welcome, Ryx, thank you for your comment! I am glad that you enjoyed the solve.
Kind regards, sujoyku
on 2. February 2024, 02:27 by sacklunch
Fun constraint! I might now start thinking of standard cages as wrogn relliks.
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Thank you for your comment, sacklunch! I am glad that you had a fun solve. Thinking of regular killer cages as twisted Relliks is a very cute way to put it. :)
Kind regards, sujoyku
on 1. February 2024, 19:50 by Flinty
If I hadn't read The Bard's comment, I never would've noticed that Rellik was Killer backwards - haha. I might need to borrow this constraint if you don't mind. Very nice puzzle, I love nip and tuck, back and forth logic like this.
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Thank you for your kind comment, Flinty! Feel free to use this constraint for your own puzzle. I would love to see what you do with it. I am still kind of experimenting with the rule set myself.
Kind regards, sujoyku
on 1. February 2024, 19:19 by gdc
Very nice puzzle. I like the constraint, the name and the execution.
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Thank you for your comment, gdc! As I like your puzzles very much, your encouragement means a lot to me.
Kind regards, sujoyku
on 1. February 2024, 18:48 by sujoyku
Oh, I think I might have noticed what you are referring to ...
I will have to be more cautious where to place cages/regions in my next puzzles.
on 1. February 2024, 18:44 by sujoyku
Thank you for your appreciative comments @Snapper, @lordovol and @Puzzle Weasel! I am glad that you enjoyed the puzzle. Can anyone let me in on the "seeing things"-joke? Have I unintentionally made some reference with the "Lying right to your face" title?
Kind regards, sujoyku
on 1. February 2024, 17:13 by Puzzle Weasel
Great idea, excellent introductory puzzle. I look forward to more!
on 1. February 2024, 17:01 by lordovol
Nice puzzle but I'm seeing things too :(
on 1. February 2024, 11:27 by Snapper
Interesting Idea.
Thanks for the puzzle!
on 1. February 2024, 08:52 by sujoyku
Thank you all for your kind and encouraging comments! I will continue to work on my understanding of which Rellik clues allow for interesting interactions and try to build a harder puzzle. Of course, everybody is invited to jump on and build their own Rellik puzzle.
Kind regards, sujoyku
on 1. February 2024, 07:49 by fitzie
i would very much like to see this in a 9x9.
on 1. February 2024, 07:26 by decho
am I seeing things?
on 1. February 2024, 06:33 by Nordy
Wow, that was super fun! Really cool idea
on 1. February 2024, 04:10 by theParad0x
Love this idea. I can see something really hard being set with a 9x9 grid. Thanks for sharing!!
on 1. February 2024, 00:27 by The Bard
Cool idea to have "anti-killer" (Rellik) cages. I would love to see more of this idea.
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Thank you for your comment, The Bard! I am glad that you liked the idea of anti-killer cages. The name was chosen in analogy to Nabner lines. I think the relation Renban/Nabner is similar to that one between Killer and Rellik cages.
Kind regards, sujoyku
on 31. January 2024, 23:06 by Zensien
That's was really fun set up! Thanks for the puzzle, it had some interesting logic. Looking forward to see what else you can do with this ruleset
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You are much welcome, Zensien, thank you for the comment! I am glad that you liked the logics in the puzzle.
Kind regards, sujoyku
